Competing Financial Needs and HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use: A Qualitative Study Among Sexual Minority Men Dr. Bleasdale SHARC T32 Postdoctoral Trainee Dr. Jacob Bleasdale represented SHARC at the 2024 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, where he presented a first-author oral presentation summarized below: Background: Sexual minority…
Mark Britton Despite the availability of effective antiretroviral therapy, many people with HIV continue to experience changes in thinking and memory; these changes can affect quality of life and can lead to other negative health outcomes. However, relatively little is known about psychosocial factors that may be associated with cognitive…
What is your educational & work background? Sylvan Contreras I graduated from UF with my bachelor’s in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology in 2023. I am in the second year of pursuing a Master’s in Public Health, concentrating on population health management. I hope to matriculate into medical school in 2026.
Visiting Scholar Bruno Diniz E Silva What research topics/interests have brought you to UF? My research background and primary interests focus on microbiology/virology, specifically in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and COVID-19. During my master’s, I developed expertise in designing and implementing strategies for effective STI…
Featured Article: Dr. Christina Parisis Our article, “Reasons for not seeking alcohol treatment among a sample of Florida adults with HIV who perceived the need for treatment,” was recently published in Addiction Science and Clinical Practice. This was a mixed-methods study that examined cross-sectional survey data from the…
Award Details: Dr. Pilar Hernandez- Con Pilar Hernandez-Con, MD, MSCE, a doctoral student in the department of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy in the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy, has been awarded a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) diversity supplement grant exceeding $200,000. This grant supports her…
Award Details Dr. Hwayoung Cho Dr. Hwayoung Cho recently received the NIH award K01AG09011 of more than $500,000 for her research project, “Disparities in Risk of Dementia among People Living with HIV using Real-World Data.” This four-year study will examine disparities in the risk of dementia among people living with…
What is your educational & work background? I am currently a second-year MPH student at UF with a concentration in epidemiology. I graduated in Spring 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in health science from UF in the combination BHS/MPH program. During my undergraduate career, I studied public health for…
Dr. Robert Cook Another new school year is starting, and several new things are in store for the SHARC this fall. In terms of research activity – congratulations to our faculty colleague Hwayoung Cho in the college of nursing, who received a K01 grant from the National Institute of Aging…
Dr. Rebecca Fisk-Hoffman and Dr. Christina Parisi are pictured here with Dr. Cook and Nanyangwe Siuluta celebrating their graduation from their doctoral program. Dr. Parisi, who now lives in Philadelphia, will be moving on to be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Penn Center for Mental Health at the University of…
